India, Oct. 23 -- Kolkata/IBNS: India-born Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee on Tuesday arrived in Kolkata after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.

He was received by Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim and state minister Bratya Basu at the airport.

Banerjee was accorded a grand welcome at Saptaparni, at 86F Ballygunge Circular Road, his residence in the city.

In a traditional Bengali way, women blew conch shells to mark his arrival as he stepped at Saptaparni around 7:50 pm.

Banerjee did not speak to the waiting newspersons and went straight to his 8th floor apartment where his 84-year-old mother Nirmala Banerjee lives.

Expressing joy, the residents of Saptaparni said they were overwhelmed to have a Nobel laureate as their neig...